Word of the Day:
senseless
What It Means
Without feeling or desire to work; deprived of sensation.
Lacking meaning or purpose; without common sense.
Without a discernible meaning or purpose, especially of a violent or evil act.
The blow to his head rendered him senseless; he didn’t awaken until he was in the ambulance.
Senseless in Context
“Addressing the nation on Thursday, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala called the shooting “a senseless attack” and said “this Christmas will be unimaginably sad.””
Did You Know?
From sense + -less. Compare Saterland Frisian sinloos (“senseless, foolish”).
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